Not necessarily. Blizzard has done red health bars for hostile units and green for friendly units before League of Legends even existed, way back in WoW. I was a little surprised when they didn't do anything to distinguish health bars like that in SC2, but I'm glad to see that they're adding it in HotS. It'll be a huge plus for viewers, but I imagine players have all gotten used to the green health bars for enemy units by now. I know I have.

Kahuna_5-0

Mexico14 Posts

October 14 2011 05:51 GMT

#144

I like the red bars, it makes easier to micro, also im impacient about the new toss unit

Leeto

United States1320 Posts

October 14 2011 05:55 GMT

#145

I actually prefer the current green-yellow-orange-red health bars. It makes it easier to gauge the strength of their army with just a glance. An overstimmed marine army, for example, is really easy to pick out since they are all in the red. But if they're all red all the time, the little marines all clump up and would make it hard to tell how much health they have..

Grettin

42417 Posts

October 14 2011 06:01 GMT

#146

I wonder if it shows as red or other color when you spectate the match.

furymonkey

New Zealand1587 Posts

October 14 2011 06:03 GMT

#147

I always had health bar displaying for me when I play, and this is definitely a nice change. All it needs is just sometime getting used to.

Also remember this will help with those who has colour blind problem.

Railxp

Hong Kong1313 Posts

October 14 2011 06:03 GMT

#148

i dont know how blizzard does it, but im just as giddy for HotS as i was for WoL. ogmogmgomgogmgomgomgogm /fanboysqueal

Narcind

Sweden2489 Posts

October 14 2011 06:04 GMT

#149

As long as it's optional

KimJongChill

United States6429 Posts

October 14 2011 06:06 GMT

#150

I like it, makes my enemy realy feel like my enemy.

teh_longinator

Canada725 Posts

October 14 2011 07:59 GMT

#151

What about clan tags and a good chat system?

Also, I have no issue reading the HP bars now... I actually think adding red is a worse option. I like the Green/Yellow/Red system that is in place now. It's simple, it's widely used so its easier to adapt to, and it works!

PardonYou

United States1360 Posts

October 14 2011 08:06 GMT

#152

Really hoping it's optional or just in single-player because I tend to stay in battles longer if I see more red health bars from my enemy when I have more green. This would definitely throw me off.

AugustDreams

Australia127 Posts

October 14 2011 08:10 GMT

#153

This sounds like a good change, I can see it being a big help in ZvZ.

Amui

Canada10567 Posts

October 14 2011 08:19 GMT

#154

It'd take some getting used to. I don't mind the mechanic that much. I keep healthbars always on after a year of PvP anyways. I think I'd rather stick with the red orange yellow green style though, because I would think I could react faster to a colour change than a decreasing green bar.

tuestresfat

2555 Posts

October 14 2011 08:56 GMT

#155

this entire video was so sick, thanks a ton for sharing

sodapop

Sweden189 Posts

October 14 2011 09:01 GMT

#156

Huh, the best thing would be if, when spectating a game, the health bars would be the color of the players.

Eviscerador

Spain286 Posts

October 14 2011 09:47 GMT

#157

On October 09 2011 21:34 Logros wrote:

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You pretty much need them on if you're playing yourself. How else are you going to know which units to focus down that are on low health?

Alt key.

Of course this just apply to casual gamer. I clearly understand why pros have it on all the time.

But I prefer to enjoy the graphics and just alt key when I need to focus fire or know which unit have more energy.

It's like playing with "pro visual settings" Those settings are better to notice cloacked units and to run smoothly, but I prefer the shiny bits :D, and anyway, my games aren't lost for those little details, since i'm just platinum.

pzea469

United States1520 Posts

October 14 2011 09:55 GMT

#158

On October 14 2011 10:46 Seiferz wrote:

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I completely agree. I don't how you focus fire or pull back injured units without them.

I play with no health bars on, and it's easy to tell that a stalker is being fired at more than another stalker. You get a feeling for it, and you pull it back. Not to mention that you can also hit alt for a brief second to check. You definitely CAN micro effectively with healthbars off, just maybe a lot of people have forgotten this since bw, and of course new people might not even know. It's definitely easiest when bars are on, I agree, but it's also much much uglier and cluttered.

I would however like to see an option to at least make the bars like they were in bw. Below the units instead of above them, and behind other units.
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SoleSteeler

Canada5472 Posts

October 14 2011 10:54 GMT

#159

On October 09 2011 22:49 Termit wrote:

How do you think BW players focus fire weak units? You box enemy units and it takes no effort at all. In SC2 you even have the option to "tab" health bars on and off during engagements for this purpose.

You can't box enemy units in BW :/

Termit

Sweden3466 Posts

October 14 2011 11:03 GMT

#160

On October 14 2011 19:54 SoleSteeler wrote:

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You can't box enemy units in BW :/

Multiple units only or do you have to select them one by one without box? I can´t remember lol.